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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Philip want to do by the time Christmas arrived in 1554?
(a) Take Mary back to Spain with him.
(b) Have his retinue spy on Elizabeth.
(c) Offer heretics repreive for the holiday.
(d) Leave as soon as his child was born.

2. When was Elizabeth's romance with Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, believed to have begun?
(a) Before her sister's marriage.
(b) At the manor of Oxford.
(c) When she was taken to Whitehall.
(d) During her confinement.

3. When Mary did not deliver by the end of May, what did she believe?
(a) God was punishing her for failing to marry when she was a young woman.
(b) God was punishing her for failing to sufficiently punish heresy.
(c) God was punishing her for failing to provide clemency to heretics.
(d) God was punishing her for failing to adequately provide for the poor.

4. How many courtiers attended the public bedding ceremony between Mary and Philip of Spain?
(a) Just a few.
(b) Too many.
(c) A lot.
(d) One.

5. What was the name of Frances Brandon, Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk's widow, marry after his execution?
(a) Arthur Sutton.
(b) Allen Swanson.
(c) Avery Smalls.
(d) Adrian Stokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, was executed on what date?

2. When did the nickname "Bloody Mary" become associated with Mary?

3. Besides banning the Book of Common Prayer, what two other acts were made during the first Parliament session after Mary was crowned?

4. How did Mary feel about her sister Elizabeth who stayed at court after Philip's departure?

5. How old was Mary when she had her first physical relationship with a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elizabeth respond to being recalled to Whitehall by her sister, and why is it significant?

2. Why was Mary reluctant to execute Jane Grey, and what was the council's response?

3. How did Philip behave in Brussels during the process of Charles V's abdication?

4. Why did Parliament repeal the Act of Supremacy, passed under Henry VIII, and who returned to England following its repeal?

5. What was Mary's state of mind after Philip left ,and what was her attitude toward Elizabeth?

6. How did Jane Grey and her husband Guilford compose themselves at their execution, and why was it significant?

7. What rumors circulated about Mary's pregnancy, and what claim does Weir make about her condition?

8. Why was the Protestant rebellion squelched by Mary, and what did it signify for her councilors?

9. What was the atmosphere at Hampton court when Mary and Philip arrived to await the birth of their first child?

10. What choice did Mary make after Philip was excommunicated?

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